Railway-tie



(No Model.)

WQ BQ HENNING.

RAILWAY TIE.

N6. 376,884. Patented Jan; 24, 1888.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,884, dated January 24, 188. Application filed November 6, 1885. Serial No. 182,067. (No model.)

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. HENNING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterloo, in the county of De Kalb and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, and I dohereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and'use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and

against the rails.

The bent and-curved ends of the tie-bar will in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a railway-track provided with my improved.

tie. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the tie-bar. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the outer clampingblock, and Fig. 4 is a similar viewof the innor clamping-block.

The same letters of reference, indicate the;

same or corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of metallic ties for railways in which claspingblocks are secured at both sides of the rails and at both ends of the tie, clasping and holding the rails at their proper distances; and it consists in the improved construction and com:

bination of parts of such a tie, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed. i

In the accompanying drawings, theletterA and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the indicates a flat bar, having its endsD bent upward and curved inward to partly correspond to the outlines of the outersides of the rails, the said flat tie forming the tie proper. The outer clamping-blocks, B, consist of central vertical portions, G, fitting against the outer sides of the web of the rails, upwardly and slightly inwardly curved lips H at the upper edges, and of foot portions having recesses I in the under sides fitting upon the foot portions of the rails. The inner clamping-blocks, O, consist of vertical portions fitting against the web of the rails-and foot portions fitting against the foot portions of the rails, and the vertical portions of the clamping-blocks and the ends of the ties are respectively formed with perforations F, J, and E, through which bolts Kare inserted, uniting the blocks to the ties and to the rails, the bolts passing through perforations in the web of the rails.

outer blocks will serve to carry the wheels over thejoints without anyjar, the rim ofthe wheels of the rolling-stock traveling over the. I

lips at thejoints. I

The footv portion of the inner clampingblocks is formedwith a notch, L, into which bolts Mare inserted and driven, or otherwise secured in the flat bar of the tie, the said bolts.

securing the inner blocks and forcing them and the rails will be securely clamped between the blocks at the ends of the tie-bar's and be held at the proper relative distance from each other, the tie-bars serving as track-gages as w'ellas in the capacity of ties, admitting of therails being simply secured within the ends of I the bars without any further gaging.

The ends of the ties are preferably placed to rest upon longitudinal stringers'or similar I supports, which are not shown in the drawings, but which, on account of the narr owness of the ties, will be necessary in most cases for supporting the. track and preventing itssinking into the ground.

Having thus described my invention, I'claim United States I The combination of the tie-bar having the upwardly-bent and outwardly and inwardly bulged ends, the outer clamping-blocks having the curved lips at the upper edgesan'd having the recessed foot portions, the inner clamping-block havingthe notches in the foot portions, the rails, thebolts passing through the clamping-blocks and through the ends of 0 the tie-bar and through the webs of the rails, andthe bolts passing into the tie-bar and fitted into the notches of the foot portions of the in- HIRAM LEIB,

FRANK W. .WI Is. 

